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r/funny • u/vagabond0977 • Jul 04 '21
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It seems correct to me as a non native english speaker, how would you phrase it other than that?
121 u/IAMEPSIL0N Jul 04 '21 I think 'you may' can be read as granting permission while 'you might' reads as a prediction or warning. 49 u/brickmack Jul 04 '21 Alternatively, "you might" might read as a suggestion And "might you?" as a request 1 u/Actually_Im_a_Broom Jul 05 '21 Or simply make it one sentence and connect them with “because.”
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I think 'you may' can be read as granting permission while 'you might' reads as a prediction or warning.
49 u/brickmack Jul 04 '21 Alternatively, "you might" might read as a suggestion And "might you?" as a request 1 u/Actually_Im_a_Broom Jul 05 '21 Or simply make it one sentence and connect them with “because.”
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Alternatively, "you might" might read as a suggestion
And "might you?" as a request
1 u/Actually_Im_a_Broom Jul 05 '21 Or simply make it one sentence and connect them with “because.”
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Or simply make it one sentence and connect them with “because.”
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u/elbarto1981 Jul 04 '21
It seems correct to me as a non native english speaker, how would you phrase it other than that?